False Pretenses

False Pretenses

86 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Oct. 25, 2004

Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,

False Pretenses

86 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Oct. 25, 2004

False Pretenses
Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Power, Incendo Productions, Power
Original title False Pretenses
Directors Jason Hreno
Writers Tom Swale

Cast

Peta Wilson

as Dianne / Dee Dee Martin

Stewart Bick

as Mitchell Thomson

Conrad Pla

as Nando

Francis X. McCarthy

as Chasen Boggs

Anthony Lemke

as Randal Ackers

David Gow

as Norm

Jennifer Morehouse

as Paige Segal

Brian D. Wright

as Fred The Manager

Miranda Handford

as Laura

Cas Anvar

as Nabil

Andreya Sullivan

as Donelle

Marie-Anne Alepin

as Chandra